It's that time; Reflections of the past year and goals for the New one!
Shoot, long titile, but it's the truth. I may not have reached the 47 pound lost I wished for myself but I did maintain and lost approx. 27lbs. I told myself that in my 30's things are going to change and they did. My mom states when "you are open to change, change will come."...that's true. I have no doubt that there will be bumps in my future, but , how I handle them shall be different. I learnt this year that I'm capable of doing anything I put my mind too. I found that I can be the most persistent chica. I found my strength, my happiness and it can only get better. In one year, I lost 27 pounds in 6 months, completed my first year of Intensive Nursing with an 80 average, found a great guy and made some awesome friends. heaven. I'm surronded by so much love it is incredible and I will no longer settle for anything less, you know why?.....CAUSE I 'M WORTH IT...sounds corny but it's the truth .
As I started thinking about my 20's I realized I allow myself to be defined by other's expectations, assumed or not. I allowed my self to believe that to be happy I needed to be a certain size...that's BS. Now, don't get me wrong I'm not advocating obesity, however, I do believe that there's a difference between achieving a goal of health and thinking that my problems will be solved when I reached a size 6. The truth is problems follow you, no matter what size you are and thank God, I've realized that. Some of my firends yearn for their 20's, I look eagerly to my 40's.Why? Cause I've realised that wisdom do come with age and for a person like me, who believes in evolution and change, I can only improve, Why go back? ...Anyways enough of this musing, time for my goals for 2008.
So, I will not reach my goal of 200 lbs but, I like the idea of doing mini goals 20lbs at a time. I think 3 months is sufficient time to accomplish a loss of 20 lbs. I also need to re-start blogging and recording what I eat.
Goal -lose 60 pounds by September 2009.
Keep calories between 1200 -1500 per week.
Cardio -5-7 days a week (30 mins a day)
Weight Training 3-4 days a week, beginning in January.
Blog at least once a week ( Fridays, since it is literally my day off)
Quit smoking
Of course there are other personal goals that I have for myself , but that is for my personal, private blog. For now this is the place for my health issues. I also plan to start my blogs as Week 1 and then continue......My start date is the 22nd December for my excercise regime, being the holidays and all, I don't know about the eating but I will sure try my best:)...Take care folks
Hello Ladies, it's been awhile I know, but there's so much that transpired in the last month and more, it's incredible!!!...I fell off the wagon HARD!.... Haven't weighed myself as yet ...let's see how much ....verdict: 223.4 lbs....HEY NOT BAD!...for someone who has been pigging out, not working out ...but that's all going to stop...I'M FINISHED AND ON VACATION FOR 3 WEEKS!!!..it's been hard, no, it's been hell....this semester is quoted " as the most diffcult" and they were not lying ....a lot of folks are boderline, some are good friends ... and even though in order for me to fail I have to get less than 6% in my final ..stranger things have happen!....not only that ....I'm no longer single!!!...yep u heard right.....I've been seeing someone for the last month and we decided to go for it ( here I mean BF/GF, my mother though he was proposing and almost had a heart attack, this is the fast age but I'm not that fast!!!...hahahahah)...got the offical request with flowers and the question ...they do not make them like that anymore, open doors, same interest and only 29!...what's the catch?....I don't know but my mother loves him and that's a good sign!..... So my resolution for 2008 is to stick to my health plan ...ironically enough my boyfriend is a former bodybulider who has fallen off the wagon ...so we are joining a gym together ...bad idea you say ...well, we are doing 4 days, which allows us to be healthy and not kill each other in the end.....Hope everyone is doing okay....Shall do a bit of checking up in the next couple of days ...I let a copule of thing fall to the side ...so I need to pay attention to them, especialy friends and family ....take care my friends .....and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!
I had written last week ...stating that I'm back but I guess it was not submitted since it is not there!!...Oh well, I've lost 2 0f the 4 pounds I gained from my hiatus and although I would love to say it was due to good eating habits ...it was not!!!...Still struggling with my juk food addicitons ...not just junk but high class sugary ...so I'm taking a bold step and eliminating sugar from my diet...I think that will be harder than smoking but i need a revamp. In addition this week is the first time since I started on my weiht loss journey that I worked out for 2 days only!!...It was not laziness..but damn fatigue...I plan to excercise today after I finish up the blogging and checking on others...but I think my body needs a rest ...however, next week I shall make up for it:)....Although, I haven't lost the weight I thought I would have lost by now ...I'm still grateful at the amount that I have lost so far. I'm extremely estatic that I have kept it off...but now it's time to "put the peddle to the meddle" and lose the other 20 pounds. My deadline is comming up and I'm afraid I wouldn't make it ...but Knowing me like I do..I will push like crazy the last month and then settle into bliss for awhile ...so it is for me ...Anyways, because my last post did not show ...I shall state some of the changes I plan.
If you have noticed I've changed my goal from 165 to 200. I'm still aiming for 165 but I decided to do 20 lbs at a time instead of the full amount. I really believe that the 55 lbs I need to lose was weighing on my psyche. The 20 lbs will always be on a 3 month deadline ...and my first mini goal is to be completed the 31st of December.
In each mini goal, there is always one thing that I will focus on. This particular one is Nutrition, and I chose this becasue it's the hardest one and the one that needs significant changes. Here's to vegetables and fruits.The 2nd mini goal shall be weight lifting...this was always a passion of mine and I think for my 31st year I shall join the school gym so I can start back my love for weight training.
The 3rd mini goal is finding a hobby. One of the reason, I gained weight so rapidly is due to inactivity. Even when I was an obessed excercise freak, I still did not have a hobby. Howver, I'm a true "risk" taker and anything to get my heart racing I would look forward too, but I've decided to start with tennis and martial arts...Tennis because there are a quite a few courts in my neighbourhood and secondly my brother is pretty good at it and there hasn't been anyone to beat him ...I plan to change that!!...did I mention I'm competitive:)..Martial arts becasue I used to hold a black belt in karate when I was younger, I'm still a force to be reckon with but now, I want the hard core stuff...I'm also very physical.
So that's about it ...i need to come up with a plan to lose the sugar addiction ...I shall post my progress next week ...My weigh in has been changed to Thursday again and I will be posted once a week...so until that time take care ...now to check up on u guys!!
Yes...my friends, I'm at 220.4 !!!..doing a happy dance ..that brings my weight loss to 26 lbs...YAHOO...THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS...the bad news is that I will not be on until the end of October...I have to catch up on my notes, which means no time for journal's etc. etc ...but I SWEAR I will be back in November...bloody hell how do u spell november? ...too lazy to check the calender or the dictionary ...so I'm off to support you all , give a big cheer and I'll be back in Novemeber ...Take care
Well, Im on the wagon again! Went up 1.4 lbs!....Not bad but not great!...seems I'm destined to remain in the 220's!....well, that's not entirely true...all about accountablity!...So in my first week of my October plan was not that great! had a few slip ups here and there, only got got 4 workouts in....but I did get in my fruits and I started recording what ate!....I'm not on as often cause Ihad a major exam on Thursday, 3 major exams next week and then I can breathe again until mid October!....The semester is getting tougher and tougher!....Sticking with a healthy lifestyle is becoming easier said than done, but , Im taking it one day at a time...hopefully I will reach my goal of 214 at the end of this month...YEAH RIGHT!....I hope you all are doing great and I will be checking in sporadically to support you all, maybe give you an update or too...but most likely you will be seeing me more often after Thursday, next week....take care
I've noticed that I've started snacking on high calorie foods pretty frequently. It usually starts at TOM and then it's hard to get rid of !!...As this month is food month, I'm monitoring and paying close attention to my eating habits and once where I would have chosen or avoided "junk foods" ...I've found myself eating and buying large quantiites....So I'm going on a sugar fast....I like chocolate milk and I allow myself one cup a day. It's the only thing that I will take with sugar....You may think this drastic but since I've started these sugar "binges" I've noticed my migraines are returning...it might be a concidence, but , it's always after I've gone through a sugar binge so it will not harm me to stop.....I'm not going to lie, it's going to be hard, but I will get through it ...the first four days are the hardest so , by Sunday I shall be cooling down ...other than my binge fest today, I ate pretty well...My weigh in for this week shall be on Saturday....shall be up studing most nights so I won't have a chance to weigh myself ...but I'm looking forward to either a loss or the same ....so until then ...take care ..now to check up on you guys
In reference to the previous blog, it's good to see that I'm not alone, in taking care of my appearance and I agree with GCQMOM...we definitely need to get rid of the baggy clothes, so my reward after the next 20 pound loss is to donate everything to the Salvation Army!!....not keeping anything!Now, to my title.
When I originally joined this site, I had put my deadline as the 22nd Freburary 2008( my b'day) to reach my goal weight. Although it is still feasible, after going through the last month, which I stuggle to stick to good eating habits, I decided to extend my deadline to a full year. This means that I give myself 3 months at a time to lose 20 pounds which breaks down to 6 pounds a month, very doable. Now to my goal for October!
My start was not that great, I ate one JC meal and was coaxed into eating a meal from a friend( but it was very small) had 500 ml of cookie dough ice cream ( very bad)but, I shall try again tomorrow. The mind set is not to focus on my slip ups but fall, get up and try again...but I realized yesterday I forgot to mention another good habit that I've adopted and it was not intenional..I no longer eat after 7:00 pm!....funny enough that just happened!...I can't remember the last time I had a late night binge and that's a good thing. I do feel hungry, but since I keep water bottles all over my pad...I just drink water ...I'm glad i've returned to reading and writing blogs since I've forgotten what it was like to feel motivated by other's success!...Having a group of individuals who constantly support me, is enriching and gives me the power to accept that this time I will succeed!...It's currently 2:44 am, so I can't check up on u guys but I shall do that tomorrow ...take care
Well, tomorrow begins my "New Beginning". Tonight, I shall be preparing my menu for the week and either tomorrow or Tuesday I shall be going grocery shopping. In addtion to having a nutrition goal, I decided to implement some of the other "tips" to a healthy lifestyle provided by JC and every month I shall try to implement a new one. An explanation is required!
When you join JC you get a "Lifestyle Graph", don't you love that name!...basically, you record your losses, your measurments and on the top half there are questions you need to answer from a scale to 1-5, with 1 being never and 5 being frequently. This month I shall start with the question "Pratice self care".
Now, it's been awhile since I read the JC manual, so my interpretation of this question might be off, but the one thing that JC states is that the program should be tailored to your needs, so I'm going to do this according to me. MY interpretation of self-care is "How do I take care of myself!"...such as reward system, personal habits...etc....I think I let myself go.
With school and just natural "tomboy mentality" and I'll even admit, embarrassment of my body size and curves...I tend not to take pride in my appearance. DOn't get me wrong, I dress up when the occasion cal for it, but, that's not often!... If there's one woman who takes pride in her appearance is my mother! No matter where she is, at home, going for a walk, anything ...that woman always looks good and I'm not bias...most people think my mom is in her late 50's, unknown to them she is in her late 70's!
As a child I noticed that my mother had a regime, shower, body lotion, oil of olay for the face, foot lotion and then the outfits depending on what her activity is. Unlike me, her "I'm staying at home" is reserved for "I'm staying at home"....for me, well it can go anywhere it's just clothes!....So for this month, I want to try a "beauty regime",
My mother has never had acne, stretch marks (she has had 6 kids, the last, me, was at 46!) and is blessed with "bottle"skin ( no body hair, the whole clan is blessed with it, I take after my father, cousin IT!). I know that I may never achieve her stature, but if I have half the accomplishment I will be contended....
Today marks the first anniversary to a 360 degree life-altering decision. A year ago, I was depressed, unsure where my life was going and felt that I was drowining with no signs of an anchor. Then it happened....I prayed, I prayed like I never prayed befor and then I acted. I took time off from a demoralizing job, applied to nursing school, joined an accredited driving school and started "peeling" the layers. Fast forward 12 months later; I'm a full time B 3rd semester Nursing student, a licensed driver ( got it last Novemeber) and I lost 23 pounds!....It can only get better!...Why? ...cause the only person who can determine my success is ......ME!.....With that PEP talk, let's get started on my plans for October.
Most people see the fall and winter as a time for saddness. I see it as the beginning of a rebirth. It's the time to "let sleeping dogs lie", forgive what cannot be changed and get started on the things that can. If anyone had told me a year ago that I will be here 12 months later, I would think that they were insane. My plans for this month is simple...stick to JC.
Menu for the week
Record my food intake (1200 -1500 calories)
Journal ( 15 mins a day)
Support my friends on EP.
Stick to the good habits I have adopted ie: water, excercise.
Stay positive!!
My long term goal for October is to lose 10 pounds , my short term goal is to take it one day at a time, one pound at a time...sometimes the "whole picture" can be just too much!...My fist time when I lost a large amount of weight my heaviest was 215, I thought then I was a cow!!...Now I can't wait to see 215 on my scale, here's to the little things!
Yes, wonderful ladies ..I've finally gotten to 59 pounds to lose!...Thank u Kimby, Glory, Hoosier girl, Emi and everyone who I've missed who has said and given advice!!...Can you tell I'm in a better mood! I've decided to re-start JC for October, because I have an exam or 2 ,every week which means the control might not be there!... I don't want anything to spoil my 23 pound lost!!....It's funny, even though I still have a lot to lose...I feel different about myself....more confident, prettier...and maybe it shows ...cause ladies , the date requests are coming in...unfortunately with school I'm kind of limited ...but hey ....it's great for the ego.....Yesterday, I wore the clothes that I took my "before" picture in and it's amazing! you don't see the tummy anymore...even my face has gotten slimmer...I was standing in the mirror posing like a super model...man if this is me at 23 pounds ...what am I going to be at my goal weight?.....have a good day everyone and skinny vibes to all!
and I agree with GCQMOM...we definitely need to get rid of the baggy clothes, so my reward after the next 20 pound loss is to donate everything to the Salvation Army!!....not keeping anything!Now, to my title.
...I'm glad i've returned to reading and writing blogs since I've forgotten what it was like to feel motivated by other's success!...Having a group of individuals who constantly support me, is enriching and gives me the power to accept that this time I will succeed!...It's currently 2:44 am, so I can't check up on u guys but I shall do that tomorrow ...take care